Corncob smoking pipe



Dec. 7, 1937. H. HIRSCHL CORNCOB SMOKING PIPE Filed Nov. 18, 1953Iiweaafirr: Maria Hiram,

Patented Dec. 7, 1937 v e r 9 w Harry Hirschl,

Washington, Mo.

Application November 18, 1933, Serial No. 698,699

1 Claim.

This invention pertains to novel and improved tobacco smoking pipes, andis especially designed with the view of providing a broken in corn cobpipe bowl possessing a pleasing, attractive, novel and ornamentalfinish.

The prime object of the invention is to provide a simple, economical anddurable smoking pipe having a corn cob pipe bowl possessing a charred orburnished broken in inner surface that will furnish a sweet, pleasantand agreeable smoke when first used, and which will not produce thedisagreeable taste, flavor or odor which usually emanates from the useof a corn cob pipe bowl in its natural condition and before it has beenproperly broken in by a series of smokes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a smoking pipe having acorn cob pipe bowl the outer natural roughened and recessed surface ofwhich is properly charred or burnished; the recessed portions are thenfilled in with plaster of Paris; then the outer surface is polished andvarnished, the burnt, charred or burnished and darkened outside surfaceshowing up between the plaster filling, while the entire inner surfaceof the bowl is properly charred or burnished and smoothed, after whichsaid inner surface is swabbed with an aromatic extract or liquid,thereby producing an improved darkened outside and inside finish with apleasing, attractive, and ornamental finish. A further object of theinvention is to provide a novel type of smoking pipe having acorn cobpipe bowl possessing meritorious features not heretofore known in thisparticular art.

The foregoing and such other objects as may appear from the ensuingdescription are attained by the combination and arrangement hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and morespecifically set forth in the claim appended hereto, it being understoodthat slight changes in the precise form, proportions and minor detailsof the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. 9

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification it willbe seen that:

I Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved smoking corn cob pipeembodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the corn cob pipe bowl and stem,showing the inner surface of the corn cob pipe bowl in its naturalcondition.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the bowl and stem, showing theinner surface of the bowl in its burnished, smoothed and finishedcondition, and

Figure 4 is an elevation of a slightly modified form of my invention.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated it will be seen thatthe numeral l designates the outer surface of a corn cob pipe bowl inits finished condition, 2 indicates the inner surface of the bowl in itsnatural condition, showing a fuzz, fibres and unevenness over itssurface, while the numeral 3 shows the entire inner surface of the corncob bowl in its finished charred or burnished and smoothed condition andready for use.

As shown in Fig. l of the drawing, it will be perceived that a stem 4 ofwood or other suitable material is snugly and properly fitted to thebowl, the outer surface of said stem being suitably ornamented, and tothe outer end of said stem is fitted a mouth piece 5 of any suitablematerial or color, thereby producing a new and novel article i ofmanufacture of a meritorious nature, constituting a serviceable productpossessing an attractive and ornamental appearance.

It is understood by all smokers of corn cob pipes that there is adisagreeable green taste or flavor experienced when a pipe of this typeis smoked in its natural condition, and that the pipe smokes sweetestafter it is broken in and that heretofore such pipes had to be broken in'by the burning of tobacco, thereby singeing, charring or carbonizingthe inner surface of the bowl which required a series of smokes, hencewe have eliminated these objectionable features by burnishing its entireinner surface and then mopping or swabbing said surface with anagreeable aromatic extract or liquid, thus furnishing a product thatproduces a sweet, pleasant and agreeable smoke when first used.

It will be readily obvious that the type of pipe, such as hereinbeforedescribed and as shown in the accompanying drawing, constitutes a newand novel product of an ornamental appearance; that it is economical anddurable, and that it is so finished as to. furnish a sweet broken insmoke during its first use.

In the formation of the type of corn cob pipe bowl shown in Figs. 1, 2,and 3 of the drawing its outer surface in its natural condition issomewhat roughened with fuzz, fibres, and forms an 'uneven and recessedouter face which is first subjected to a projected flame which burns offthe fuzz, fibres and uneven portions from its surface; the recessesformed about its surface are then filled in smoothly with plaster ofParis or other suitable material, and said outer surface is thenproperly varnished and polished, thus providing an attractive appearanceand finish to the said surface, while its entire inner surface is alsoprovided with a charred or burnished and smoothed finish. In theslightly modified form of pipe'of a more economical nature, such asshown in Fig. 4, the outer surface of the corn cob pipe bowl 6 is simplyproperly charred or burnished and said surfaceis .then varnished toprevent the charred surface from coming off and thereby staining orsoiling anything during the transit of the pipes or their use, and tothe said bowl is suitably and properly fitted a plain reed stem 1 from asingle piece which also constitutes a mouth piece, while its entireinner surface is charred or burnished and smoothed in the manner shownby Fig. 3 of the drawing.

It will be understood that charred and burnished are used as equivalentsin the pipe art.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A smoking pipe of the character described having a corn cob bowl formedin its natural condition provided with a charred or burnished, polishedand varnished ornamental exterior sur-, face, and a completely charredor burnished and smoothed inner surface having thereon a coating of anaromatic liquid.

' HARRY I-IIRSCHL.

